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Academic Resources

Collected by: Ames Middle School

Archived since: Jan, 2011

Description:

This is a list of resources used to complete assignments and projects at Ames Middle School.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Society & Culture Computers & Technology

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Title: Campus Parent Portal Login

URL: https://sis.ames.k12.ia.us/campus/portal/ames.jsp

Description: This site is the login page for Infinite Campus. This helps students and parents to view their grades and see if they are missing work.

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Title: Wolfram|Alpha

URL: http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Description: This website has a large database of records and can solve many problems. Users can type in an equation to get the answer and can get records, like the weather of a city in years past.

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Title: Libya: civil war breaks out as Gaddafi mounts rearguard fight - Telegraph

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8344034/Libya-civil-war-breaks-out-as-Gaddafi-mounts-rearguard-fight.html

Description: This is an article about the Libyan Civil War. The war has created much media attention, and could last for months or even years more.

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Title: Libya: civil war breaks out as Gaddafi mounts rearguard fight - Telegraph

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8344034/Libya-civil-war-breaks-out-as-Gaddafi-mounts-rearguard-fight.html

Description: This is an article about the Libyan Civil War. The war has created much media attention, and could last for months or even years more.

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Title: SparkNotes: To Kill a Mockingbird

URL: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/

Description: Sparknotes is a free website primarily used to get a better comprehension of a book. It gives the plot overview and summary of the book, and an analysis of each chapter.

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Subject:   Books

Title: How Musicians are Raising Money for Japan Relief | Rolling Stone Music

URL: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-musicians-are-raising-money-for-japan-relief-20110322

Description: This is an article from the Rolling Stone magazine, about how musicians are raising money for relief efforts in Japan. Rolling Stone magazine is the most popular music magazine.

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Subject:   Japan

Title: The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/

Description: This is the home page of the New York Times newspaper. Kids use this to get information for world and national news.

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Title: National Geographic

URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Description: This site informs people on what is going on in the world today. This site is important to arhcive because it helps people understand the world better.

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Title: SparkNotes: To Kill a Mockingbird

URL: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promulgate?show=0&t=1297176298

Description: Sparknotes is a free website primarily used to get a better comprehension of a book. It gives the plot overview and summary of the book, and an analysis of each chapter.

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Title: Letters About Literature - Home

URL: http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/

Description: Letters About Literature is a writing competition where the contestants write a letter to the author of a book that they feel changed their lives. Around 10 Ames students qualified in the top 30 submissions statewide.

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Title: Iowa AEA Online - Welcome to Iowa AEA Online

URL: http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/

Description: Iowa AEA provides resources like encyclopedias and magazine articles. This is important because it combines many informational sources to create a database that is helpful in research.

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Subject:   Information Database

Title: I Have A Plan Iowa

URL: http://www.ihaveaplaniowa.gov/

Description: At Ames Middle School, it is felt that early career planning is the key to living sucessfully as an adult. Sponsored by the state government, I Have A Plan Iowa helps adolescents discover possible career tracks and develop a plan to achieve the goals.

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Title: Treasure Island Text

URL: http://www.enotes.com/treasure-island-text/

Description: This is a site that provides access to books online. This site can be used to read books.

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Title: Encyclopedia - Online Dictionary | Encyclopedia.com: Get facts, articles, pictures, video

URL: http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Description: This site gives quick information about different topics. It gives information that can help students get started on a project.

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Title: Iowa Governor’s Institute 2011 (IGI) / Belin-Blank Center Summer Programs

URL: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/old/summer/programs/6-8/igi/

Description: Iowa Governor's Instiute is a week long summer camp focused on leadership sponsored by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa. To go to this camp you have to apply by writing an essay, and getting two recommendation letters.

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Title: College Admissions - SAT - University & College - Flash Player Installation

URL: http://www.collegeboard.org/

Description: College Board has a great deal of information about colleges and tests, such as the SAT and ACT. Anyone interested in their future would find this site useful.

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Title: Coe College | Iowa Science Olympiad

URL: http://www.coe.edu/iowa-science-olympiad

Description: Science Olympiads is a national competition where students of all ages can test their knowledge of many aspects of science, including biology, physics, and chemistry. This year the Ames Middle School team placed second at state, and the Ames High School team won at state and will be moving on to the National competition in Wisconsin.

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Title: U.S. News - Headlines, Stories and Video from CNN.com

URL: http://www.cnn.com/US/

Description: CNN is a news channel, as well as a website. CNN provideds news for all areas, from health to celebrity news. You can watch the news or even read articles. This is an important website because it shows what is happening in the world as well as the U.S.

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Title: Could unrest in Egypt produce an Iranian-style regime? - CNN.com

URL: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/04/egypt.protests.iran.parallel/index.html?hpt=Sbin#

Description: CNN has a website where you can read all about what's going on in the world. It is frequently used by people who want to learn about the world they live in.

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Title: ClassZone

URL: http://www.classzone.com/cz/find_book.htm?tmpState=IA&disciplineSchool=ss_ms&state=IA&x=9&y=25

Description: ClassZone is a site that has all the textbooks online so that students don't have to carry home their heavy print versions from school.

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Title: Top Stories - Bing News

URL: http://www.bing.com/news

Description: This is a website with all the latest news gathered from every other website. Many users can get up-to-date information by going to this page.

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Title: Ames Tribune

URL: http://www.amestrib.com/

Description: This site is used to look at the latest news in Ames. It is important because people in Ames want to know what is going on in the town.

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Title: Ames Community School District - Ames High School

URL: http://www.ames.k12.ia.us/AMS/AMS.html

Description: This is the Ames Middle School webpage. Students and parents can check for upcoming events, schedules changes, days off,and other important news.

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Title: Wikipedia

URL: http://www.ames.k12.ia.us/AHS/AHS.html

Description: Wikipedia is a massive online encyclopedia that people can edit themselves. It has links that enables you to jump between related subjects.

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Title: Thesaurus.com | Find Synonyms and Antonyms of Words at Thesaurus.com

URL: http://thesaurus.com/

Description: This is a website where you can look up words to find synonyms. It is very useful to save time instead of looking the word up in a real thesaurus.

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Title: Harrison Barnes

URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=51385

Description: This is a webpage on ESPN that has stats about Harrison Barnes of the North Carolina Tarheels. This is important because Barnes, an Ames High School graduate has taken the nation by storm and is considered a top ten NBA draft pick.

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Title: Meteorology | Science Olympiad

URL: http://soinc.org/meteorology_b

Description: This is a great site for searching informantion on the different Science Olympiad events. This site can be used for getting updates on rules and helpful hints from people that did the events in the past.

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Title: Quizlet

URL: http://quizlet.com/4270571/8th-grade-wordmasters-second-list-2011-flash-cards/

Description: This site is used to review information learned in class. Creating and reviewing flash cards is a helpful study strategy.

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Title: Quizlet Digital Flash Cards

URL: http://quizlet.com/

Description: Quizlet creates digital flash cards and games for reviewing material. This site helps make reviewing material for a test fun.

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Title: Japan Tsunami: 20 Unforgettable Pictures

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110315-nuclear-reactor-japan-tsunami-earthquake-world-photos-meltdown/

Description: Recently there was a devastating earthquake in Japan. This site shows pictures of the true extent of the damage.

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Title: Current Events : Discovery News

URL: http://news.discovery.com/current-events/

Description: This is a webpage that has current events that people have posted. It is used to stay up to date about news in the world.

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Title: MATHCOUNTS Foundation - MATHCOUNTS

URL: http://mathcounts.org/

Description: MATHCOUNTS is a nonprofit math organization that runs middle school contests. It is important because it offers challenging math problems to middle school students.

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Title: TIME Healthland - A healthy balance of the mind

URL: http://healthland.time.com/

Description: The TIME magazines online section has articles on health and medical research. This page can be used for school reports or just keeping up to date.

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Title: Homepage | Freerice.com

URL: http://freerice.com/

Description: This website provides a review of vocabulary words. For each correct answer, FreeRice donates ten grains of rice to starving people around the world. This page is important because it helps with hunger in foreign countries while improving vocabulary or knowledge of a language.

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Title: Discovery Channel : Science, History, Space, Te - Flash Player Installation

URL: http://dsc.discovery.com/

Description: This site provides information about the world and new and exciting jobs or technologies. It's very educational and enjoyable to watch the Discovery Channel.

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Title: Nuance | Define Nuance at Dictionary.com

URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nuance

Description: The Dictionary.com definition of the word "nuance". Dictionary.com is good for nearly all school projects and "nuance" is a word in the Wordmasters competition.

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Title: Dictionary.com | Free Online Dictionary for English Definitions

URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/

Description: This is a website for word definitions. The site is an excellant tool for people who can't find their dictionary.

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Title: Guitar Tabs, Guitar Chords and Lyrics - Chordie

URL: http://chordie.com/

Description: Chordie is a site for viewing the guitar chords, tabs, and lyrics for songs. There are several contributers and several versions of each song.

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Title: Ames Middle School Extended Learning Program

URL: http://ams7-8elpstudents.blogspot.com/

Description: The AMS ELP blog is a resource for all ELP (Extended Learning Program) students to catch up on assignments or to study.

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Title: MAA American Mathematics Competitions - AMC

URL: http://amc.maa.org/index.shtml

Description: American Mathematics Competition is a non-profit organization that offers challenging math tests to middle school and high school students. It is important because it helps in developing mathematical thinking.

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Subject:   AMC

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